Ironing-table



" (-No Model.)

- J. M. MOORE.

v IRONING TABLE.

No. 515,869. Patefited Mar. 6, 1894.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH MARION MOORE, OF MAGALIA, CALIFORNIA.

lRONlNG-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\ l'o. 515,869, dated March 6, 1894,

Application filed June 14, 1893- Serial No. 477,556. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MARION MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Magalia, in the county of Butte and State of California, have invented a new and useful Ironing-Table, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in ironing tables.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive ironing table adapted to be compactly folded when not in use, and capable of having its parts readily assembled and of being readily erected at any spot where it is desired to use it.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings -Figure l is a perspective view of an ironing table constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the supporting frame detached.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawmgs.

l designates an ironing board, which is supported at its rear end by a vertical frame 2, and an inclined leg 3, extending downward and forward from the top of the supporting frame and connected with the rear end of the ironing board by a dependiu g stirrup 4.. The ironing board, inclined leg, and the supportiug frame are separable, and the latter consists of opposite legs, a top-piece 5, secured to the upper ends of the legs, and a bottom cross-piece 6 connecting the legs near their lower ends. The supporting frame is provided at its top with a cross-piece 7, arranged below the head and provided with a vertical rectangular opening 8, receiving the upper end 9 of the inclined leg which is beveled and is adapted to present a horizontal edge to the lower face of the head 5. The head of the supporting frame hasthe rear end of the ironing board resting flat upon it; and the upper beveled end of the inclined leg projects rearward from the supporting frame and engages the stirrup at. The supporting frame has hinged to it, near its bottom, upwardlyinclined braces 10, having their upper ends spaced by a block 11, and connected by a bolt 12, and receiving between their extreme upper portions a depending flange 13, of the ironing board. The inclined leg passes between the hinged braces 10, and engages the lower face of the block 11; and by this arrangement the ironing board is securely supported in a horizontal position and any weight upon the ironing board serves to lock the parts more firmly in position. The flange 13 is formed by a strip secured to the lower face of the ironing board and having its lower edge curved. The stirrup which receives the upper end of the inclined leg consists of a pair of parallel bolts and a cross-bar secured to the lower ends of the bolts and connecting the same and completing the stirrup.

When the ironing table is notin use and is desired to be stored, the inclined leg is disengaged from the stirrup, thereby unlocking the parts and permitting the ironing board to be removed; and the inclined hinged braces 10 may be folded against the supporting frame.

It will be seen that the ironing table is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it may be readily assembled at any desired place where it is to be used, and that its parts may be quickly separated and compactly stored when not in use.

' Changes in theform, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is--- 1. An ironing table, comprising an ironing board provided at its rear end with a depending stirrup, asupporting frame arranged beneath the ironing board adjacent to the stirrup, braces extending upward from the supporting frame and supporting the ironing board, and an inclined leg arranged between the braces and having its upper end supported by the frame and extending rearward therefrom and engaging the stirrup of the ironing board, substantially as described.

2. Au ironing table, comprising an ironing board provided at its rear end with a depending stirrup, a detachable supporting frame having a head to receive the ironing board and provided with an opening at its top, braces hinged to the supporting frame near the bottom thereof and ineliningnpward and supporting the ironing not in use, and a detachable, inclined leg extending upward between the braces and passing through the opening of the supporting frame and engaging thestirrnp, substantially as described.

I 3. An ironing table, comprising an ironing board provided at its rear end with a depending stirrup and having on its lower face a depending longitudinal flange provided with a 15 lower curved edge, a detachable supporting frame having a head to receive the ironingboard and provided beneath the same with I board and adapted to I r 5 be folded against the supporting frame when an opening, inclined braces hinged to the supporting frame and havin g their upper ends spaced and provided with a connecting bolt supporting the flange of the ironing board, and an inclined leg extending between the braces and bearing against the bolt thereof and passing through the opening of the supporting frame and engaging thestirrup,sub- 25 stantially as described.

In testimony that I 7 claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH MARION MOORE.

' Witnesses:

H. J. BOHANNON,

D. J. GRAHAM. 

